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Evening Standard
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Tristan Kirk

Partygate has revealed disturbing trends of baffling inequality, confusion, and secrecy over lockdown fines

Boris and Carrie Johnson have tboth been given a lockdown fine (Victoria Jones/PA)

(Picture: PA Archive)

When the Met Police drew a line under its Partygate probe by announcing 126 Fixed Penalty Notices (FPNs) have been issued and the investigation is over, Downing Street no doubt wished the saga was near to an end.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson already has a £50 fine on his record over his 2020 birthday party in the Cabinet Office, but has apparently escaped censure for events he attended including the notorious ‘Bring Your Own Booze’ gathering in the Number 10 garden.

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